11.   Readers are also weighing in with withering criticism of flaws that could have been corrected with editing.

12.   She has been through withering criticism and come out on top.

13.   Some have lashed out with withering criticism.

14.   The Department of Agriculture attracted withering criticism and thousands of angry letters for its role as a co-sponsor with Delta of the research led by Oliver.

15.   The report elicited mixed reactions from scientists, ranging from praise by those who were concerned about the compounds to withering criticism from skeptics of the endocrine disrupter hypothesis.

16.   This falls a bit short of withering criticism.

17.   This sorry panorama has inspired a series of new best-selling books by Argentine writers who launch the most withering criticisms of their own country.

18.   Washington comes in for withering criticism as well.

19.   Peres and Burg have come under withering criticism at home for their contacts with Qureia.

20.   Battered by four years of withering criticism and a stream of investigations and allegations, he also has acquired a tinge of cynicism and antagonism.